Thousands face loss of treatment in ADAP money crisis.
Some time next spring the first fusion inhibitor, T-20, is expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. For some people with AIDS, this drug will be part of a "salvage" therapy that could keep them alive. T-20 is a complicated drug to manufacture and will have...

Reasons Given by California Physical Therapists for Not Belonging to the American Physical Therapy Association.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is the only national organization representing physical therapists (PTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs), student physical therapists, and student physical therapist assistants throughout the United States. APTA provides a variety of services to members including, but not limited to, advocacy at the state and...

Getting to Roger.
For a couple of months in that splendid late summer of 1998, we all remembered the name of Roger Maris, as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa shattered his 1961 record of 61 home runs. The next year, however, when McGwire and Sosa surpassed the old record again, there was...

Our Okie from Muskogee: conservative Tom Coburn runs for the Senate.
SOON after Republican senator Don Nickles of Oklahoma announced his retirement last fall, Stephen Moore of the Club for Growth placed a phone call to a doctor's office in Muskogee. He reached Tom Coburn, a 56-year-old family practitioner. "You should run for the Senate," said Moore. But Coburn wasn't...

2003 Legislative Sessions a Challenge and a Reward for Pro-Lifers.
In the 14 years since the Supreme Court's Webster decision left the door to passing protective legislation slightly ajar, pro-lifers have worked relentlessly to find and enact measures the High Court would allow. That dogged determination, in conjunction with vision and shrewdness, has resulted in thousands of proposed bills...

The Week.
The Hotline's electoral scoreboard of latest state polls shows Vice President Gore leading in 24 states worth 293 electoral votes, and George W. Bush ahead in 24 states worth 191 electoral votes (270 needed to win). Senate polls currently suggest GOP may pick up a seat, but most analysts...

Big Oil Buys the Senate, Says Feingold.
Editor's Introduction: On September 23, the U.S. Senate voted 51 to 47 in favor of an amendment by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of Texas, that saves oil companies from paying $66 million a year in royalties to the government. The Interior Department wanted the oil companies...

Freedom of speech, hurt feelings, and economic loss(libel laws and food safety)(Column)(Brief Article)
What do strawberry growers, cattle raisers, and anti-child pornography activists have in common? They all want to limit what you say and how and when you say it. The newest wrinkle is referred to as "the adverse economic effects" of free speech. We live in a time...

Clinton, Congress and change.
Change drummed through the 1992 campaigns like a litany. "Now that we have changed the world," Governor Bill Clinton said to the Democratic national convention, "it's time to change America." Newspaper headlines continued the litany after the election. "Clinton Writing Agenda for Economic Change," proclaimed the Washington...

Security in the Niche: one man's trail gun.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An Alaska bear hunter friend says, "Revolver protection begins with a number. That number is 44." If a dark episode having to do with a bear--who was once within feet of me feeding--happened today, I would have seven shots handy: one rifle, followed by six...